Mold.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLARD C. GANNETT AND OSCAR V. CHANCE, OF TRAVERSE CITY,

MICHIGAN.

MOLD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLARD C. GAN- NETT and OSCAR V. CHANCE, citizens of the United States, residing at Traverse City, in the county of Grand Traverse and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Mold,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to molds, and is par: ticularly designed for use in connection with cement compositions for producing burialcaskets.

An important object of the invention is to facilitate the assembling of the mold and to enable the convenient removal thereof from the cast without damage thereto.

With theseand other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accomp anying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from'the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a mold embodying the features of the present invention for forming the body of a burial-casket. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan view of an embodiment of the invention for the production of the top of the casket. Fig. 4 is a crosssectional view of Fig. 3.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

Referring at first more particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, it will be seen that the mold for the body of the casket includes a base or bottom 1, longitudinal sides 2, and end sections 3, carried by the sides. The sides and ends rest removably upon the base 1, and adjacent each end of each side there is a swinging hook 4, mounted upon the exterior thereof for engagement with a keeper or headed stud 5 upon the adjacent edge of the base. The end sections are also detachably connected by means of hooks 6 and studs or projections 7. Rising from the sides 2, adj acent each end thereof, is a post 8, constituting a guide for centering the core of the mold.

The core of the mold includes a pair of bottommembers 9, which are connected at their inner edges by hinges 10 and carry upstanding longitudinal sides 11 at their outer edges. End sections 12 are carried by the ends of the bottom members. Within the core member are hooks 13, pivoted to certain of the end sections for engagement with headed projections or keepers 14, carried by the other adjacent end sections, so as to hold the core in its set-up condition. Midway between the ends of the core and within the latter are posts 15 and 16, rising from the bottom members of the core and secured to the upstanding sides 11. The adjacent exposed faces of these posts are provided with corresponding sockets or recesses 17 and 18, which are closed by means of metal plates 19 and 20, suitably secured to the respective posts.

A rotatable pin or bar 21 loosely pierces the two plates and has a head 22 received within the recess 17. The other end portion of the rod or pin is threaded and engages a threaded aperture in the late 20. At the middle of the pin or bar tl ere is a wrenchhead 23, fixed to the bar for use in rotating the latter to draw together and separate the sides of the core. The adjacent edges of adjacent end sections are longitudinally tapered to converge downwardly for the reception of a wedge 24 therebetween. By preference the inner edge of each end section is provided with a liner-strip 25, having the grain running lengthwise thereof so as to present a smooth surface to the wedge for convenience in driving the same between the end sections. The meeting edges of the bottom members 9 are also provided with linerstrips 26. Across the top of the core, adjacent each end thereof, there is a cross-bar 27, secured to the sides of the core by suitable fastenings 28, with the ends of the cross-bars projecting beyond the core sufliciently to overlap the top edges of the sides of the body of the mold, said projecting end portions being provided with openin s 29.

In practice the body 0 the mold and the case are set up as hereinbefore described, whereupon a suitable quantity'of liquid cement is placed in the body, and then the core is introduced into the body, the guide elements 8 being received through the openings 29 of the arms formed by the projecting ends of the cross-bars 27, whereby the core is accurately centered within the body and suspended therein from the top edges of the body. It is of course necessary to force the core downwardly against the body of cement to displace the same and force it upwardly in the annular space between the mold-body and the core. After the material has become set the fastenings 28 are removed and the cross-bars lifted from the mold. The

wedges 24 are then removed, the hooks 13 As shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawin gs,

the mold for the top of the casket includes a base made up of separate longitudinal members 30, from which rise side and end sections 31 and 32, rigidly secured to the base members. These base members are detachably connected at their inner edges by means of suitable fasteningssuch, for instance, as hooks and headed projections 33 and 34 upon the lower sides of the bottom members. A flange 35 is secured to the top edges of the sides and ends 31 and 32 and projects at the inner edges thereof, so to as overhang the open top of the body of the mold. At each s1de of the body and adjacent each end thereof there is a post 36, rising above the top of the body and provided in its inner face with an upright groove or guideway 37, intersecting the top of the post.

The core member consists of a plate 38 of a size to fit within the flange 35 with an annular space between the latter and the member 38. Across the top of the core, adjacent each end thereof, there is a cross-bar 39 secured by fastenings 40 to the core member, with its ends projecting beyond the core so as to form arms to rest upon the top of the body of the mold, and thereby su port the core suspended within the mold-b0 y. Each end of each cross-bar is provided with a tenon or projection 41 for engagement with the guideway 37, whereby the core is centered within the body of the mold.

The latter form of mold is used in the manner hereinbefore described for producing the body of the casketthat is to say, the body is set up and partially filled with liquid cement, after which the core member is fitted in place and pressed down against the cement until the supporting-arms engage the top of the body of the mold. After the cement has become set the core is lifted out of the cast, and then the hooks 33 at the bottom and ends of the body are disengaged to permit of the sections of the body being drawn laterally away from the cast. Should it be impossible to remove the mold in this manner, the guide-posts 36 should first be removed and then the fastenings removed from the flanges 35, after which the mold should be inverted and the hooks 33 disengaged, whereupon the body-sections and parts 35 may be removed, leaving the cast resting upon the core member 38.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A mold comprising a body having an open top, a sectional core capable of being inserted through the open top of the body, vertical posts secured to the core-sections, fastening means connecting the posts, and arms detachably carried by the core-sections and capable of resting upon the top of the body to suspend the core within the body, said core-sections being capable of being contracted when the arms are detached to permit withdrawal of the core from the cast.

2. A mold comprising a body having an open side, a core capable of being inserted through the open side of the body, said core including hinged members, a removable Wedge between the core members, a hook engaging the core members and bearing against the wedge and, a turnbuckle connecting the core members for drawing the latter together when the wedge is removed.

3. A mold comprising a body having an open side, a hollow core made up of hinged members, a wedge removably fitted between the members, a fastening device connecting the core members and bearing against the wedge, and a turnbuckle for drawing the core members together when the wedge is removed.

4. A mold comprising a body, guides rising above the body and provided in their inner faces with grooves, and a core having arms projecting at opposite sides thereofto rest upon the top of the body and support the core and also provided with terminal tongues for engagement with the grooves of the guides.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLARD C. GANNETT. OSCAR V. CHANCE. Witnesses MYRTLE EGLER, AMIL F. NERLINGER. 

